DAL1189

Hi, I was wondering what kind of precautions and tips to take when upgrading hardware without having to reinstall windows. Is there a tool I can download that will delete my current driver's and chipset etc ready for when I upgraded? Sorry for being such a noob, but is the first time I've attempted something like this since normally I would do a full build.

Thank you! Very helpful.

Updated planned components in the opening post.

I was considering getting a Corsair RM650X PSU, priced at £91.97, but I checked the "Holiday buyer's guide 2016" and saw that Linus used a 500W EVGA PSU that was quite a bit less than the price of the corsair (£57.06), and the 650W version of that is just a few quid more. Is it worth foregoing modularity and efficiency for quite a large saving on cost? EDIT: Planned components are: Ryzen 5 1500X, 1600, or 1600X (yet to decide) Prime B350M-A Motherboard Single Stick 8GBCrucial DDR4 2400 Nvidia GTX950 (planning to upgrade this in near future, possibly to 1060,1070 or something from Vega)

I do plan on using this for several years like I did with my current setup.

I currently run an A10-7700K with a NVIDIA GTX950 Graphics card. My parents got me the computer a few years ago for Christmas 2014 (I added the Graphics card myself about a year ago), but now I'm older and have more money to spend I'd like to upgrade. I plan on using my existing case, hard drive and a few other components, but the core of the computer will be new. Planning on getting: Ryzen 5 1500X =£189.96 Asus Prime B350M-A =£79.97 Single Stick 8GB Crucial DDR4 2400Mhz RAM =£51.99 Corsair RM650X Power Supply= £91.97 Total = £413.89 I was wondering if those were good components to get for value for money. I read that the 1600 might be better value because it's not that much more expensive than the 1500X (1600 would be £218.99, totalling the build to £442.89) whilst delivering two more cores and better performance. I have the money to get the even higher 1600X (1600X would be £249.90 bringing the total to £473.83), but I plan on using this machine for gaming really and maybe some Photography work for school projects, and I could save money and put that towards getting a new graphics card. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Advertisers worried about their brands being associated with the videos that play after is the price we pay for the age of outrage.

What is so bad about it?

I think the next question to ask here is, how does it perform relative to the mega expensive $1500 CPU.

I see absolutely no point in killing the headphone jack. When will manufacturers realise that I, the consumer, don't want to sacrifice one of the most convenient things for "Thin and lightness".

If it does have this level of performance, then that is going to kill Nvidia.

This is probably one of the most important things to take into consideration. If your using your PC for video editing/Rendering/Other Content Creation you could improve the capabilities of that then get the extra performance in games. (I imagine when you are using a 980 Ti the difference won't be that huge anyway)

Spero is officina AMD A10-7700K GTX 950 8GB DDR3 Ram

What is the best version of the 950 to buy?

After looking at the Linus Tech Tips video benchmarks on the 950, I think I'm going to go for it. The £35-40 price difference between the 950 and 960 doesn't seem worth it. Thanks for all your comments!